On the Chinatown Parade day, as our team walked over to the stage, Tony Yee introduced me to Leland Cheung, Mayor of Cambridge. A lot of stuff was going on. Noah was on my shoulders, my team was heading up on stage. so basically all I did was shake his hand and say hi and keep going. This is unfortunate because I really wanted to get a picture with him.
Why?
It has been an inside joke between Grace and me that we could pass for long lost brothers. Having met him in person I guess we don't really look that much like each other. But if you took a picture of me when I was in the sixth grade and told people that kid grew up to be Leland Cheung, well a lot of people would believe that. We are both mixed and we both have the same last name. In fact seeing him in person was an unexpected event and I guess I was almost so shocked, like seeing yourself in an alternate universe, where instead of having two kids and no job, you are Mayor of Cambridge, that I just sort of went into autopilot and kept moving. Like if I talked to him for too long the Universe would get sucked into some sort of vortex.
Anyway, I have now shook Leland Cheung's hand and I am pictureless. I guess I will have to stalk him at a time when Grace and I show up there together with a camera if I am ever going to get a picture. But that's not going to happen because I just don't have time.
Oh well.
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